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I need some help with CD drives (Vanity)
February 12, 2005

Posted on 02/12/2005 1:50:43 PM PST by Howlin

I put a music CD that came with a book into my computer last night, played, and now my computer won't recognize either my CD or my CD writer.

I've tried everything; Norton, Restore, rebooting.

Does anybody have any suggestions about what I might try now?


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Focus Software
KEYWORDS: help; notcomutersavy
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To: Revel

Just ping me and I'll get your back!


461 posted on 02/12/2005 9:11:26 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Revel

And thanks for some of your advice, even though there was one post I *really* didn't understand at all! Way over my head.


462 posted on 02/12/2005 9:12:04 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Howlin
So, can we all get together next Saturday night and do our taxes?

Starting tomorrow to do them. I have to get it done to do the FAFSA application for my kid.

Yuuuchk!

463 posted on 02/12/2005 9:13:52 PM PST by Cold Heat (What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
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To: Howlin
you should register a complaint...with either MS or Norton...

check the logs though.

You are a Geeky Gramma...ROFL!!

Frankly with what we put you thru tonight and a bit more work and study you should look into building your own...

Are your eyes good enough you can see the pin on the motherboard?...that is where I have trouble....
464 posted on 02/12/2005 9:15:48 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Howlin

"You know, you're right; I ran Norton Ingegrator, Restore, the whole thing. It SHOULD have worked."

Howlin, get yourself a imaging program like DriveImage, now owned by Symantec or TrueImage by Acronis, they will save you enormous problems and are far superior than xp's restore. Most important is that they bypass xp completely whereas system restore does not.


465 posted on 02/12/2005 9:16:22 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Frankly with what we put you thru tonight...

Listen, I saw the last thing that the "meeting of the minds" had come up with (pull, close, start, open, pull, close, start) and I nearly freaked!

466 posted on 02/12/2005 9:17:30 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Howlin
One of the things you learn in repairing computers, is patient repetitions. you have to fix it, but you also need to know what caused it.

Finding the cause is a product of how you fix.

You done good. You are up and running.

467 posted on 02/12/2005 9:22:07 PM PST by Cold Heat (What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
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To: SeaBiscuit; Howlin

Might need to get an addition hard drive...call us , that will be a simple install after all of this effort....check NEWEGG for prices or outpost.com (FREYS online ), they seem to have connections as they are always running specials with rebates....I have an abundance of hard drives from Freys, 4 or 5 250 gigs, couple of 160 gigs, 3 or 4 120 gigs,.and they have a nice special with rebate on an 80 gig for Hitachi ..$60 with rebate $25. cost at $ 34.99 after the rebate....


468 posted on 02/12/2005 9:23:05 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
34.99 after the rebate....

Isn't that amazing.

469 posted on 02/12/2005 9:25:52 PM PST by Cold Heat (What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I agree, 2nd hd for backup is a must. Newegg, best on the net for prices, delivery time and servides. I've dealt with them for over 4 years, several purchases without a hitch.


470 posted on 02/12/2005 9:27:14 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Howlin; All
Well, I am down for the night.

Later folks.

471 posted on 02/12/2005 9:27:27 PM PST by Cold Heat (What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

What I want is so more RAM. I'm happy with everything else; just want some more SPEED.

I've got 35 hours of music on here and it hasn't even touched it.


472 posted on 02/12/2005 9:28:27 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: SeaBiscuit

servides = services


473 posted on 02/12/2005 9:29:10 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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To: SeaBiscuit; Ernest_at_the_Beach

What are you guys suggesting? A second hard drive? Won't CDRWs work? Would a zip drive do just as well?


474 posted on 02/12/2005 9:29:59 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Howlin
Listen, I saw the last thing that the "meeting of the minds" had come up with (pull, close, start, open, pull, close, start) and I nearly freaked!

ROFL!!

Yes that case would be a Hugh pain in the A## for me. Here is the case for holding stuff:

Coolermaster CMStacker

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More images at the link....


475 posted on 02/12/2005 9:31:19 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Cold Heat

Night!


476 posted on 02/12/2005 9:31:39 PM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Howlin

"So, can we all get together next Saturday night and do our taxes?"

LOL, hell no. I meant it was fun helping you solve the problem, but you probably have a headache right about now. ;-)


477 posted on 02/12/2005 9:32:05 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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Won't CDRWs work? Would a zip drive do just as well?

This is one of those....it all depends... What memory, and hard drive size, .... processor speed do you now have?

478 posted on 02/12/2005 9:34:26 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Howlin
Before I signed off, I took the liberty to check on that fix you used.

I was incorrect in my SP-2 assumtion. The fix is used to replace the device driver. That is all it does, so your driver was corrupted.

i don't know why a driver roll back or the reinstalls did not work?????

The drivers normally replace.

It remains a mystery to me.

479 posted on 02/12/2005 9:39:07 PM PST by Cold Heat (What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

That's one sweet case.


480 posted on 02/12/2005 9:40:02 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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